Nguyen execution all but certain.
“I have to think about that for a second as this is really what we’re about,” said Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), who바둑이 사이트 called it “a sad day” for the families. “We thought they might be able to talk with us, but there’s nothing we can do.”
The judge on Thursday ordered Nguyen to remain in custody until his next court hearing on Friday, which he has called a “trial by media,” though the defense attorney, Tom Smith, said it wasn’t about what the government would say during the session at which jurors will decide whether or not Nguyen was a flight risk.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
If Nguyen is convicted of killing his wife, he could face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole, as성남출장샵 well as additional federal charges if he is found guilty after another sentencing hearing, according to defense attorneys.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott O’Brien told jurors Thursday that Nguyen made plans to kill his wife after they had been married five years.
Nguyen said he wanted to “pursue his own sexual pleasures,” which led to the plan to murder his wife and take her life, said O’Brien, who also urged the jurors to believe that Nguyen had been mentally ill.
That’s a statement for the judge to make, he said.
Lawyer James McCallum, the lawyer representin울산출장안마g one of the defendants in the case, said Thursday morning that Nguyen would be seeking early release because the judge has indicated he might not decide until after the trial. Nguyen is a U.S. citizen and his wife an American.
While the defense was arguing that the state’s evidence would not establish Nguyen as a flight risk, McCallum told jurors that the state never presented enough evidence to make that case: Nguyen had no history of mental illness, a lack of money in his account, or a domestic violence charge.
In her sentencing memo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Fuson wrote that Nguyen has a “stable family” and children. Fuson told jurors that Nguyen had no history of mental illness, had never been in prison, and had worked hard to help support his wife. He said he was convinced by investigators that Nguyen was in a good mental state when he killed his wife.
“We believe that we’ve got a very clear case here… you can show there was someone at the scene who was extremely responsible and a